All For the Love of Michael

Lyrics

[Verse 1] She has taken to making money again In that sacred time-honored way And all of the sainted money Goes into his arms to play And I am only wishing I could guard her part of the way But all for the love of Michael She won't see another day All for the love of Michael [Verse 2] And I am sad to see she is pregnant again You can see it in her face So warm and pained and beautiful So pale yet full of grace But the last one they took from her And gave it another name And all for love of Michael She will never be the same All for the love of Michael [Verse 3] And she has cut off all her hair again That she used to dry his feet And dip the sponge in vinegar The smoke that clouds your heat And I have known some others Half-naked in the unhappy truth But all for the love of Michael They were never as unhappy as you All for the love of Michael [Verse 4] How she came to beg a moment Crestfallen 'gainst the bar Molding to the hope of finding A coup-de-grace of heart And I have known some others Who would drink to abandon and dance But all for the love of Michael She won't have another chance All for the love of Michael [Verse 5] And those who never learn from love And fall the first time around And lean the weight of innocence On friends who drag them down You could never cure him So he has now cured you There's nothing left of virtue That time has not confused All for the love of Michael All for the love of Michael All for the love of Michael